Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Jun 13, 2008 6:04 pm This must be a silly question because everyone else seems familiar with the term but it is genuine.
I keep reading things like "my crossover is on the northern side" etc when posters talking about their blocks of land - what does this mean exactly? How do I know where my crossover is? And what is a crossover anyway? Re: "crossover": please explain 3Jun 13, 2008 6:10 pm Technically it's where you "crossover" from the road to your property....othewise known as a driveway..... mmm....donuts Homer Simpson 1956- Links: Site Costs Ready Reckoner | H1 Addiction Medical Advice | Château TDL: The Backyard Re: "crossover": please explain 6Jun 13, 2008 6:18 pm Paula good I was right Yep....missed your previous post which explained it....was busy being a smart*rse elsewhere..... mmm....donuts Homer Simpson 1956- Links: Site Costs Ready Reckoner | H1 Addiction Medical Advice | Château TDL: The Backyard Re: "crossover": please explain 8Jun 13, 2008 6:22 pm Paula to_do_list Paula good I was right Yep....missed your previous post which explained it....was busy being a smart*rse elsewhere..... Really? You ? Never! Ahem....she who lives in a glass building shouldn't throw stones.....! mmm....donuts Homer Simpson 1956- Links: Site Costs Ready Reckoner | H1 Addiction Medical Advice | Château TDL: The Backyard Re: "crossover": please explain 9Jun 13, 2008 6:35 pm Well yeah a drive way, but just to confuse the situation a little more, I always thought it was 'just' the little bit of concrete that goes from the road, crosses over the footpath and meets to the boundry edge, and the rest is the driveway Re: "crossover": please explain 10Jun 13, 2008 7:11 pm mikkyG Well yeah a drive way, but just to confuse the situation a little more, I always thought it was 'just' the little bit of concrete that goes from the road, crosses over the footpath and meets to the boundry edge, and the rest is the driveway Also referred to as the Driveway Apron, which goes from the kerbing to the property boundary Re: "crossover": please explain 11Jun 13, 2008 8:25 pm A crossover....
kiwi056 ....goes from the kerbing to the property boundary Correct. I notice that a lot of people who have put photos up, have had no choice on the location of the crossover, ie it comes 'as built' with the block. Am I one of the rare fortunates who can put it where I want? Geoff - Decophile. Re: "crossover": please explain 12Jun 13, 2008 8:39 pm When we chose our land we could actually see all the marks on the land developers plans where the crossovers were going to go, we got to choose between 2 identical bocks that had it at different sides, does that count Re: "crossover": please explain 13Jun 13, 2008 9:57 pm Nup!
Ours can go where we need it to go, which is just as well because our garage will not be shoved up against one side of the block. We have 'roll-over' kerbs, so they won't have to be cut; the crossover will be positioned to line up with the driveway, see below: Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ And yes, we've already got permission to incorporate the Telstra pit into the crossover. Geoff - Decophile. Re: "crossover": please explain 14Jun 13, 2008 10:15 pm When we built last time we could choose where we wanted the crossover. This time we can also put our driveway anywhere we like BUT
the local shire told the developer he was required to put crossovers in on the blocks as part of his development. So the developer put a crossover in after we'd put an offer on the block but without telling us he was going to do it. We had no idea it was going in until it "appeared" on the block. There is only one other block sold in the development and they built their house ( with developer approval) before titles came out. They dealt directly with the developer ( a local man) and he told them about the crossover deal he'd struck with the shire and they told him not to bother. Trouble is we were not told about it. This is a bit of a nuisance actually. We could have ended up with the crossover being on back of the block ( corner block), which would have actually been quite handy. However instead it is off to the side of what will be our driveway. We are actually going to have to cut about 200 mm off the edge of it to pave our driveway as it is partly within the planned driveway area but not within it enough to match up with where our garage will be. I wish he'd asked us where we wanted it since we'd already offered to buy the block without any crossover in evidence. Sorry to hear you don;t get a say on where your crossover is going. it must make it a pain if you really want to build a certain style of house. Re: "crossover": please explain 15Jun 14, 2008 1:13 am Yes ,we must of had a choice too, as we were talking of flipping house plan plan so that it fit on the block (one side boundary slopes inwards) but we were reluctant to do so as this would mean sliding glass doors facing west into afternoon sun. Driveway into garage would be on western side.
Draughtsman then came up with better idea, modified the plan so it would fit with driveway on eastern side. Being a house/ land package, all these details were dealt with by the developer. Re: "crossover": please explain 16Jun 17, 2008 9:24 pm You can easily have it changed so that lines up with you garage. However if you are one fo the poor suckers like me that live in an older area that has the big old square gutters you not only have t oget the crossover/driveway ripped up but either have the gutter fixed to match the rest of the guttering or get the gutter of your whole property changed to the sloped gutter (which I'm planning on getting done so I can get my boy toys into the shed easier)
Oh and another thought it may depend on your council if they are willing to let you change gutters Thanks. I wish there was a youtube video explaining this concept. 10 27344 A question. Im in Queensland and building a new home. We managed to reach practical completion 6 weeks ago but we haven't heard any date for handover yet. Who should we… 0 6277 i had the my concreters concrete right up to the fence. I have pits all along my path, so the water tends to drain away from the house and into the pits. There's only one… 7 13440 |